Advertising city directory and information cabinet.



No. 650,794. Patented May 29, I900. G. W. MAXWELL.

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ADVERTISING CITY DIRECTORY AND INFORMATION CABINET.

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GEORGE W. MAXWELL, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE NATIONAL MECHANICAL DIRECTORY COMPANY, OF SAME 'PLACE.

ADVERTISING CITY DIRECTORY AND lNFORMATION CABINET.

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Application filed February 3,1898; Serial No. 668,996. (No infidel.) I

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. MAXWELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented a new and useful Advertising City Directory and Information Cabinet, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement upon an advertising frame, guide, and cabinet directory in which is shown an advertising device consisting of a case with a substantially-flat back, a curved door forming the front of the case and provided with ad- I 5 vertising-spaces thereon and ,a transparent portion midway between the edges of the door, and a clock chambered in the segmental chamber within the case and behind such transparent portion of the door, also a cabinet directory comprising a case with a transparent wall, two rollers within the case, an alphabetical directory-strip with names and residences thereon and rolled uponsaid roll ers, and a stem extending outside the case and connected with the rollers with gearing and ratchets, so as to turn the rollers. The said door of said case is adapted to carry and display advertisements, the purpose being to provide a device of great publicutility which lic locations which are especially desirable for advertising purposes. This character'of directory can be very readily changed for purposes of correction, for the. reason that the directory is not bound in book form, but

is contained upon .a strip carried by rollers,

and corrections can be very readily made by removing the strip and replacing with new. at

a cost little exceeding that of the printed pa,-

per, sothat it is practicable with the cabinet directory to correct the directory once a month, thus keeping it always up to date, and

thereby greatly increasing its value.

An object of my. present invention is to extend the uses of the directory and make the same practicable for large cities. With this object in view vit isfound desirable to place two sets of mechanism side by side in one cabinetan'd to operate them separately by the same crank.

An object of my invention is to cause the will not be objectionable to be placedin pubmechanism to automatically operate in op'po site directions at the opposite turn of the crank. This feature is applicable to a machine having only one directory-strip, as well as to machines having two such strips.

In connection with my invent-ion I provide a map and other information printed in chart form, the same being conveniently combined for use in the same cabinet. I make provi- 6o sion for ready changes of the chart and map in case of immediate corrections.-

The directory-case has at the front a door with transparent portion and behind the same a directory-strip mounted on rollers,

with mechanismforoperating the rollers and means extending therefrom to the outside of the case for operating said mechanism, and behind the directory-rollers and mechanism a chamber with one or more chart-carrying 7o slides in said chamber, with means for moving said slides out to project from the side of the case to expose the charts to view.

My invention comprises the combination of 5 the directory-rollers, the directory-strip having its ends fastened to said rollers, respectively, a pinion with clutch mounted upon the shaft of one of said rollers to rotate freely thereon, a sliding clutch mounted to drive the shaft of said roller and to slide therealong to So engage and disengage the pinion-clutch, a

pinion and clutch mounted on the. shaft of the other roller to rotate freely thereon, a sliding clutch mounted to drive the shaft of said roller and to slide therealong to engage and disengage its pinion-clutch, a driving wheel, meshing with both of said pinions, a lever pivoted between the sliding clutches to simultaneously operate them to throw .one into and the other out of engagement, a slide 0 hinged to the lever to operate the same, a slide-operating wheel fixed upon the shaft of the driving-wheel and provided with spokes, a pawl pivoted to the slide and extending obliquely across the path of the spokes, yielding means for holding said pawlin such oblique position, and a stop on said slide to stop said pawl and cause it to move said slide when the spoke engages the pawl to force it against said stop. This appliance is for one mo set of directory mechanism.

Where it is thought desirable to provide greater convenience for the user of the directory, two sets of directory mechanism are provided, each being provided with a driving-wheel, one or both of which wheels has a hollow shaft. A driving rod or stem extends through one or both of said shafts and is provided at one end with suitable means, such as a crank, for its rotation. A sliding clutch is mounted on said stem, and the stem is provided with a slidingclutch to clutch with and rotate with the said shafts separately, so that one or the other of the directory-strips may be operated, as desired. One of the strips may contain the directory from A to L and the other from U to Z, or one may contain an alphabetical and the other a classified list.

Any suitable pro vision may be made whereby the clutch mounted on the stem may be caused to rotate the shafts separately, and it is obvious that any suitable form of clutch could be used and that the same could be arranged so that at the intermediate throw of the clutch the same would engage both shafts and turn them both; but this would not be ordinarily desirable, and by preference the clutch is made, as shown in the drawings, to clutch only one of said shafts at a time.

My invention includes other parts, combinations, and features of construction more partieularly hereinafter set forth and claimed.

The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved cabinet. Fig. 2 is a view omitting the case-front and the directory to show the arrangement of the map and chart holders. Fig. 3 is a fragmental perspective detail illustrating the directory-operating mechanism. Fragments of the case, the charts, and the clock are shown. Fig. l is a fragmental longitudinal section of a portion of the machine on a horizontal plane through the axis of the crank-operated stem. Fig. 5 is a plan detail of the slide and its pawl-slab for throwing the clutch-lever. Fig. 6 is a vertical section on line 6 6, Fig. 3.

A indicates the case of the cabinet.

B indicates the directory-carrying frame inside the case.

C D (1" D indicate the rollers, to which the ends of the director -strips E E are fastened. The strips wind and unwind from the rollers in the customary way.

F indicates a clock hung from the case A by the hanger f, so that the map and chart may slide behind the clock.

I will now describe the directory mechanism.

l 2 l 2 are spring-pressed wooden brakes to prevent too-free motion of the large rollers C D C D, respectively, so that when the paper directory-strip E orE is being wound off of one of its rollers such roller will not continue to move after the crank is stopped.

3 is a bushing on the end of each shaft cc d d of the rollers C D C D, respectively, for the brakes 1 1" 2 2 to Work on.

5 indicates small rollers to give the paper directory-strip greater straight surface in front of the case.

I will now describe one set of directory mechanism, it being understood that the mechanism of both sets is the same.

(3 indicates collars on the roller-shafts 0 (Z, respectively. Each collar is provided with a set-screw 7, running in an annular groove in its roller-shaft to hold in place on the rollershaft a pinion S and a clutch 9, which pinion and clutch form one piece with the collar and each pinion-clutch turns loosely on its shaft.

1O 10' indicate sliding clutches, one for each roller-shaft, to slide along the shaft and each held by a pin or spline 12 from turning thereon.

13 is a lever pivoted at 14 and having its opposite ends engaging the clutches 1O 10'. Each set of rollers is provided with a set of this mechanism and with a d riving-wheel for the operation of said rollers.

15 indicateslhe crank-stem, which preferably extends from the outside of the case (where the crank G is fastened upon it) through both sets of directory mechanism.

10 is a slide hinged at 16 to the lever13 and prevented from working sidewise by a screw 17, which passes through a slot 1'7 in the bracket or support 18, which supports the slide 16.

19 is a slab-pawl for the spokes 2O of a wheel 21 to work against. It is kept in its place but permitted to turn slightly when in contact with a spoke, being screwed into or otherwise pivoted to the slide 10, and is set at a slight angle with the path of the spokes and is kept at that angle by a coiled spring 19, one end of which is fastened to one end of the-slab-pawl and the other to the slide 10.

19 is a stop for the slab 19 and prevents the coiled spring from forcing the slab out of the angle desired.

The wheel 21. has nine spokes in it and is fastened securely to the hollow driving-shaft 15 by a set-screw The hollow drivingshaft 15 is journaled to the frame which carries its set of directory-rollers.

23 is a bracket, inside of which is a collar 24, fastened to the hollow shaft 15 to prevent said shaft from moving lengthwise.

25 is a driving-wheel fastened to the hollowshaft 15' by a set-screw 26. This wheel meshes with the cl utch-pinions Sand 8 upon the directory-roller shafts of the mechanism to which the cog-wheel15 belongs.

The ends of the lever 13 are made to partly encircle the clutches 10 and 10 and to allow said clutches to turn freely in the encircling ends.

\Vhen in Fig. 3 the crank is being turned in the direction toward the operator, the spokes 20, the slab-pawl 1!), and the clutches 10 and 10' will be brought into the position shown inFig. 3 whenever one of the spokes haspassed the pivot of the slab-pawl 19, and upon turning the crank a slight distance farther forward the spoke 20 will pass the end and top of the slab-pawl 19, and then the pressure of the spring 19 will cause the end of theslab-pawl which is at the front of the views to fly against the stop 19, and as each spoke passes the pawl it will cause a vibration or click of the pawl. As long as the crank is turned in the direction described the clutches 9 and 10 will remain connected and cause the top roller 0, upon which the directory-strip E is wound, to turn, and the other clutches 9 and 10 will remain open, and this permits the clutch 9 and the pinion 8 to revolve loosely on the shaft of the lower roller, thus leaving the directory-strip on it to be wound off freely. Thus as the diameter of the top roller increases and the diameter of the lower roller decreases the cogwheels do not become locked on account of the binding of the directory-strip.

By turning the crank from the operatorthat is, in an opposite direction from that just described aboveone of the spokes will pass on the opposite side of the slab-pawl, and as it moves along against the pawl it will move the slide 16 bodily, and consequently the lever 13, thereby causing the clutches 9 and 10 to disconnect and the clutches 9 and 10 to connect. This action will reverse the motion of the rollers and the directory-strip thereon.

When two sets of mechanism are placed sideby side in one cabinet, as shown, in order to operate them separately by the same crank the driving-wheel and the hub 21, with spokes 20,are fixed on thehollow drivingshaft 15,and the stem 15 runs axially through this hollow shaft and preferably extends through a hollow driving-shaft in both sets of mechanism. The two sets of roller mechanism will be about two inches apart, and about an inch of the stem will be exposed between the hollow shafts 15. At this point a spline 26 is fastened to the stem, and a driving-shaft clutch 27, with a pin 28, is arranged to slide on the stem 15 and is held from rotating by the spline.

30 indicates a clutch-shifting arm to shift the clutch 27 on the stem. This is preferably operated through a slide 31, extending to the outside of the cabinet, and provided with a handle 32. A spring 33 is preferably arranged to hold the clutch in connection with one of the roller-shafts. A pin 34 is provided on each of the driving-shafts 15 to be engaged by the pin 28 of the driving-shaft clutch, so that when the clutch is held in one direction its pin will engage the pin of one of the driving-shafts and when held in the other direction will engage the pin of the other driving-shaft, thus to cause the rotation of the stem to operate whichever of the shafts and directory mechanism is desired.

Preferably the cabinet is made two inches the other slide.

the glass and the body of the slide will be inl serted from the top a city map h in one slide and a printed sheet 71, containing railroad time-tables and other useful information, in These slides can be pulled out separately at will nearly their full width. 7L2 indicates suitable means, such as a tabhandle, for drawing the slides out. Each slide is provided with a cord J and a weight K, which when the slides arereleased will draw the slides back into the cabinet. The clock F is suspended from the top of the cabinet in front of the back thereof to permit the slides to pass behind it.

L indicates a bottom slide-runway, and L indicates a top slide-runway. A runway L and a runway L will be provided for each slide. Each slide is provided at its lower rear corner with a bottom stop-roller, as at M, which ru us along the lower runway L. Each slide is provided at its top rear corner with a top roller M, which is set rearward of a vertical line drawn from the stop-roller M.

N indicates a slide-supporting stop-rollen at the side of the case to support the outer edge or portion of the slide. The roller N is in the path of the roller M and will intercept it, and thus stop the slide While the roller M is engaging the runway L sufficiently far inside the case to prevent any cantin g of the slide. In Fig. 2 the stop-roller of slide H is'marked M to distinguish it from the stop-roller of the slide H.

In practical use the clock and the slides, if it is deemed necessary to do so, may be omitted and the directory mounted on one or more sets of rollers in a con venient form for usein stores and offices.

The directory is intended to contain all the information usually found in regular directory publications. Such information is omit-v ted from the views for convenience of illustration.

In the form shown the person desiring the information to be obtained from the directory will consult the same, and when he has found the desired address he may pull out the mapslide to consult the same to determine the location of the address. When this is found and he releases the slide, it will be drawn back into the case. He may then draw out the time-table to consult it. To consult the directory, he will shift the clutch 27 by means of the handle 32 to engage the shaft for the directory-strip in which the information he desires is to be found. Then he will turn the crank-handle in the suitable direction to bring to view the information which he desires. The reversing of the crank operates, as hereinbefore set forth, to reverse the movementof the directory-stri p.

0 indicates the door of the cabinet, and P transparent portions thereof, through which the directory-strips and the clock are visible.

Q indicates spaces available for advertisements.

Now, having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of the directory-rollers; the directory-strip having its opposite ends fastened to said rollers respectively; a pinion with clutch mounted upon the shaft of one of said rollers to rotate freely thereon; a sliding clutch mounted to drive the shaft of said roller and to slide therealong to engage and disengage the pinion-clutch; apinion-elutch mounted on the shaft of the other roller to freely rotate thereon; a sliding clutch mounted to drive the shaft of said roller and to slide therealong to engage and disengage its pinion-clutch; a driving-wheel meshing with both of said pinions; a lever pivoted between the sliding clutches to simultaneously operate them to throw one into, and the other out of, engagement; a slide hinged to the lever to operate the same; a slide-operating wheel fixed upon the shaft of the driving-wheel and provided with spokes; a pawl pivoted to the slide and extending obliquely across the path of the spokes; yielding means for holding such pawl in such oblique position; and a stop on said slide to stop said pawl and cause it to move said slide when the spoke engages the pawl to force it against said stop.

2. The combination of the pivoted clutchthrowing lever; the slidehinged to said lever; a wheel with spokes; a pawl pivoted to the slide and extending obliquely across the path of the spokes; yielding means for holding said pawl in such oblique position; and a stop on said slide to stop said pawl and cause it to move said slide when a spoke engages the pawl to force it against said stop.

3. The combination of two sets of directory mechanisms, each of said sets being provided witha driving-wheel and each of said driving-wheels being mounted on a shaft; a driving-rod extending axially through one of said shafts and provided with means for its rotation; a sliding clutch mounted on said rod to clutch with and rotate the said shafts separately; and means for sliding said clutch to clutch said shafts separately.

4. The combination substantially set forth of two sets of directory mechanisms, each of said sets being provided with a driving-wheel and each of said driving-wheels being mounted on a shaft; a driving-rod passing axially through one of said shafts; a sliding clutch mounted on said rod to clutch with and rotate the said shafts separately; and a handle extending independently of said rod to operate said clutch.

5. The combination substantially set forth of two sets of directory mechanisms, each of said sets being provided with a driving-wheel, and each of said driving-wheels being mounted on a shaft; a driving-rod passing axially through one of said shafts and provided with clutch mechanism for connecting said driving-rod with said shafts respectively.

6. The combination of two sets of directory mechanisms provided respectively with a driving-wheel, one of said Wheels being provided with a' hollow shaft; pinionclutches mounted respectively upon the directoryrollers and the pinions of the clutches of each set of rollers being in mesh with the drivingwheel of such set; sliding clutches, one for each of said pinion-clutches fixed ou the roller-shafts respectively; two pivoted clutchthrowing levers, one for the clutches of each set respectively; on each of said shafts a Wheel with spokes; slides, one connected with each of said clutch-throwing levers; pawls, one pivoted to each of said slides and arranged respectively obliquely across the path of the spokes of their respective wheels; yielding means for holding the pawls respectively in such oblique position; stops for said pawls to stop the pawls respectively to cause the same to move the slides when the spokes engage the pawls to press against said stops; and a rod extending axially through one of said hollow shafts and provided with clutch mechanism for clutching said shafts to drive them separately.

GEO. WV. MAXWELL.

\Vitnesses:

W. M. WALKER, E. W. MAXWELL. 

